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ASTRONOMICAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inconceivably large
Synonyms:
astronomic; astronomical; galactic
Classified under:
Similar:
big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Relating or belonging to the science of astronomy
Example:
astronomic telescope
Synonyms:
astronomic; astronomical
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
astronomy (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)
Derivation:
astronomy (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)
Context examples:
This astronomical answer has a built-in clock (computing planetary orbits backward in time), providing an accurate chronology for the geologic record.
(Deep-sea sediments lead to new understanding of solar system, National Science Foundation)
A newly discovered comet has excited the astronomical community this week because it appears to have originated from outside the solar system.
(Newly Discovered Comet Is Likely Interstellar Visitor, NASA)
The place is stored with great variety of sextants, quadrants, telescopes, astrolabes, and other astronomical instruments.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
It contains many astronomical wonders, including the highly active star formation site of NGC 6559, the nebula at the centre of the image.
(Stellar Nursery Blooms into View, ESO)
National Science Foundation (NSF) provides funding for ALMA, an astronomical interferometer of 66 radio telescopes in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile.
(ALMA spots most distant dusty galaxy hidden in plain sight, National Science Foundation)
This anomalous behaviour was detected by a worldwide astronomical collaboration including ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile.
(ESO’s VLT Sees `Oumuamua Getting a Boost, ESO)
Any of the four principal astronomical directions on the surface of the earth: north, east, south, west. The Cardinal directions correspond to the following degrees of a compass: North: 0 degrees, East: 90 degrees, South: 180 degrees and West: 270 degrees.
(Cardinal Direction, NCI Thesaurus)
A team of researchers pointed the telescope at GK Persei, an object that became a sensation in the astronomical world in 1901 when it suddenly appeared as one of the brightest stars in the sky for a few days, before gradually fading away in brightness.
("Mini Supernova" Explosion Could Have Big Impact, NASA)
The distance between the two stars is less than between Mercury and the Sun, and about eight percent of an astronomical unit, in stark contrast to the 100–1000 astronomical units that typically separates two stars in such a system.
(Astronomers discover smallest known star, Wikinews)
We observe an extended area of infrared emissions around this neutron star — named RX J0806.4-4123 — the total size of which translates into about 200 astronomical units (approximately 18 billion miles) at the assumed distance of the pulsar.
(Hubble Uncovers Never-Before-Seen Features Around a Neutron Star, NASA)
